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THE FORUM OP THE WEEKLY PRESS
Tarklo'(Mo.) Independent: The ro-
organizers in Missouri tried bard
to t;ot up a fight on Hon. W. J. Stono,
for United States nonator to succeed
G. G. Vest All the republican papers
and other gold brick papers of the
Btato are publishing falsehoods con
cerning Mr. Stono. Tho assault upon
liim had no significance and only
oorved to show tho spleen and hatred
of tho rcorganlzcrs for Mr. Stono. Tho
common pooplo want Mr. Stono to suc
ceed Mr. Vest and ho will do so not
withstanding tho frantic opposition of
tho rcorganlzcrs and tho republicans.
Hero is to Senator W. J. Stono of Mis
souri. nocltland (Mo.) Opinion: A repub
lican paper, called tho Yollow Jacket,
printed in North Carolina, concedes
that "It is truo that'thoro were "not
qulto so many trusts when the dem
, ocra'cy was In power;" but then, it
says, tlioro aro no soup-houses now.
Suro enough; can't get coal enough
to mako soup now, and beef is so dear
that It is tho rich man's luxury and
Is not made Into charity soup. But
tlioro have boon moro people JTrozon "to
death and starvod In this winter of
republican prosperity than in tho
hardest limes over known under demo
cratic rule.
Wlndlo's Catling Gun: No democrat
ought to bo at a loss whoro to stand
on tho question of imperialism. Dem
ocracy and imperialism Is as antag
onistic as light and darkness, good
and ovil, hoaven and hell. Nothing
that is Imperialistic can bo demo
cratic, and nothing that is democratic
.can bo imperialistic. The imperial
istic idoa rests upon force and fraud.
Tho democratic Idea is based upon
truth and freedom. One recognizes
tho rights of man, tho other tramplus
thorn In tho dust Ono doponds upon
roason for Its triumph, tho other ro
hos on tho sword. Tho democratic idea
was born in heavon. Tho imperial
istic idea is a child of perdition. A
man can bclicvo in conquest, govern
ment by forco and impose taxation
without representation, and bo a re
publican, single taxor, or socialist, but
ho cannot bo a democrat If tho im
perial colonial policy of tho republi
can party is right, there is not tho
slightest oxcuso for tho existence of
tho democratic party. If govern
ments do not derive their just powers
from tho free consent of the governed,
then tho oxistenco of a republic is an
impertinence a living lie.
Cambridgo (0.) Jofforsonian: Tho
stock of gold in tho United States'
December 1 is figured at ?1,230,G73,722,
of which $G15,31fl,397 is in tho govern
ment treasury and sub-treasuries. This
is said to bo tho largest amount of
gold over held by any government at
any ono timo. Instead of being en
couraged, financiers aro alarmed at
this condition. This gold is not in
circulation and for direct business
purposes is no good. Tho people of
tho country might freeze to death
while tho government had billions of
tons of coal stored away.
Tho Public: Another weekly paper
of tho order of tho democratic democ
racy has proved its right to a place
in tho growing list. Wo refer to tho
Press, of Helena, Mont. Edited with
distinctive ability by W. E. Eggleston,
the Helena Press is trvinir to rln for
Montana what 'John Stono Pardee's
Red Wing Argus is doing for Minne
sota, what Warren Worth Bailey's
Johnstown Democrat (daily as well as
weekly) is doing for wostern Pennsyl
vania, what Herbert Welsh's City and
SttUo of Philadelphia is doing for
eastern Pennsylvania, what the
Springfield Republican (daily and
weekly) has long been doing for New
England, what athe San Francisco
Stai' dOOS for thO Pan! fin nnnaf nrwl
what Bryan's Commoner is doing for
the country at large. All these papers
ring true democratic notes. Against
an exoanding force like "that, tho sub
sidized and shackled press of both
parties will not long bo able to make
headway with juiblic opinion. We are
living in stirring times, when dem
ocracy and plutocracy aro gathering
for a terrific struggle, and papers
such as theso are marshalling the
democratic hosts.
Frankfort (Ind.) Standard: It will
be downright funny when Smoot, the
republican polygamlst, is elected Unit
ed States senator from Utah to read
the g. o .p. papers that had so many
and such grave scruples against Rob
erts, tho too-much-married democrat
congressman. Not that the republi
can papers will lack for excuses at all.
They have had such a wide and var
ied experience in reconciling conflict
ing platforms, etc., you know. Still
it will be highly diverting to see them
adjust the belt on the other pulley.
Armstrong (Mo.) Herald: Oh! ye
gods, just listen to the wail of Mr.
Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the
United States. He says that the stock
of gold in tho United States has made
a gain of over $107,000,000 per year
for the past five years. The United
States treasury holds $615,000,000 in
gold, the largest of any nation in the
world, and $400,000,000 more than was
in the treasury vaults five years ago.
He further says, "Here lies possible
peril. Inflation of currency incites to
dangerous expansion of business. '
Too much gold for the gold bugs to
control the money supply. Will they
now seek to demonetize gold?
Penn's Grove (N. J.) Record: Fi
nanciers would have the people believe
that the money question is a dead is-'
sue, yef scarcely a day passes that,
tho big dailies do not have something
in stating that tho currency system is
all wrong and that currency needs
more elasticity. Only last week the
congressional committee on banking,
while they sot aside the infamous
Fowler bill, yet approved a new bill
which will allow banks to issue notes
to tho amount of 251 per cent of their
capital stock. Now they are allowed
to issue notes only to the amount of
government bonds. This new bill will
be a new and grave departure towards
handing over tho circulating medium,
which is a necessity, to banking cor
porations. It will cost the people
millions and make more millionaires.
The real value in the bank note doe3
not contain even the 33 cents value in
a silver dollar. It is the next step o
tho money power to deprive the peo
ple from issuing their own money at
cost The United States constitution
says gold and silver shall be the legal
tender money and the ,United States
supreme court has decided that green
backs can be issued and made a legal
tender when there fails to be enough
gold and silver to make a sufficient
supply of money. iaving stricken
down silver from the mints, the next
step is to allow banks to issue all the
notes they wish, then to strike down
the legal tender law of the present sil
ver dollars and destroy the balanco of
the greenbacks. Every citizen should
make a close study of what legisla
tion is proposed and made on the
money question. It is far more impor
tant than the tariff, imperialism and"
trusts, because trusts can only be
formed when syndicates can control
the money.
The world judges us by what we ac
complish; God judges us by what we
strive earnestly to do.
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